Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate, announced Bryce Mordoff has joined the company as director of research in the firm’s Orange County office. Mordoff will expand the firm’s research capabilities.

Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange announced the appointment of Lyn Ames as administrative director of perioperative services. Ames will develop and oversee operations for the Robert L. Tidwell Surgery Center in CHOC’s new tower, set to open in spring 2013.

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